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FFA Fisheries Observers repatriated on chartered flight
HONIARA, 10th July 2020 – Nine Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Observers have been successfully repatriated to their respective countries on a chartered flight on Tuesday 7th July, 2020. All of these observers were disembarked from United States fishing boats in Pago…
Opposition visits hospital Covid-19 set up
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, accompanied by West Are’are MP, Hon. John Maneniaru, visited the Central hospital early this week, to see how our health preparedness plans for the Covid-19 are coming on. The visit commenced a process…
Economic Stimulus Package Awareness for Malaita’s Existing Operators
A Team from the Government will be departing for Auki tomorrow to raise awareness on the Economic Stimulus Package for targeted groups in the 14 constituencies of Malaita Province.The Team will be led by the Deputy Prime Minister who is…
KAISOLO FIJIANS WISH SI HAPPY 42ND INDEPENDENCE DAY
Mr Kelepi Umata Abariga, a fourth generation Solomon Island descendant in Fiji has conveyed the best wishes of his fellow Solomon Island relatives whose forefathers were forcibly taken from their respective villages during the Colonial Blackbirding Era by the British…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare nationwide address
NATIONWIDE ADDRESS PRIME MINISTER HON MANASSEH SOGAVARE -03. 07. 2020- Introduction Fellow Solomon Islanders, I stand here with the greatest of humility to update you on what your Government is doing regarding COVID-19 and other related matters. Last week I…
7 points against SINU VC
By Solomon Suke Dear Editor, Grateful if you can publish this in your publications, including your online mediums. SINU has now had its share of drama not even a month after USP. So much has been alleged against the VC…
SICTU met with SINU unions
From 10AM to 11:30AM a meeting was held in the Lecture Theater at Kukum Campus. SICTU and WUSI reps were speaking on behalf of their offices on how they perceive the situation and what steps they will take to address…
SINU VC responded to allegations
Dear Colleagues, Greetings. Over the past 2-3 weeks, many of you may have been addressed by some staff on matters supposedly pertaining to SINU. I have been privy to some of this, as relayed to me by the Chairman of…
SINU saga: Trade Unions meet on demand for removal of Vice-Chancellor
By David Tuhanuku Tony KagovaiPresident, SICTU General Secretary, SICTU 01 July, 2020 The demand for the removal of the Vice Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University, SINU, is going to be the main agenda item for an Urgent Extraordinary…
Considering the needs of persons with disabilities
Dear Editor, Please give your consideration to this letter. Writing in the Solomon Times last week, Jeremy Gwao, the journalist with a human touch to his reports, mentioned earlier this year the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) had said governments should…
Commissioner Corrections visit Tetere Centre
The Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Commissioner Gabriel Manelusi has conducted an official visit at Tetere Correctional Centre (TCC) on 26 June 2020. The official visit purposely to update TCC Managements, Staff and Inmates on the progressions and Executive Management…
Women’s economic empowerment at a time of crisis: can COVID-19 be different?
By Cecilia Reategui, Andrew Rowell COVID-19 is a health crisis with far-reaching social and economic consequences, both immediate and stretching into an unpredictable future. Investing in Women recently commissioned a rapid literature review to examine the impacts of COVID-19 and…
Pacific labour mobility in the media spotlight
By Stephen Howes Recently, the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) and Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) have got a bad rap in the press. Press reports have claimed that meat workers hired under the PLS in Wagga Wagga and Inverell have been…
CSSI Dieticians Improve Inmates Menu and Food Suppliers
The Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Dietetics & Nutrition Officer and Dietetics Counselling Officer improve inmates menu and local food suppliers. Speaking during their recent presentation to CSSI Executives, Dietetics & Nutrition Officer Ms Stacy Kofela says, the standardised menu…
CSSI Senior Managers benefit from TWI Programme
The Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Senior Managers has benefited from a week long ‘Training within Industry’ (TWI), lectured by Senior Trainer from Results Training & Consultancy, South Pacific Mr Glyn Joshua and Trainer Mr Daniel Gideon Hunikira at the…
Three Expatriates evaluated for risk of COVID-19
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) received a report on alleged presence of three expatriates at the Yacht Club on June 19, 2020, who entered Solomon Islands in contravention to the Orders prohibiting the entry of Yachts into…
Repatriates finish quarantine period in good health
All the returning nationals who undergo the 14-days mandatory quarantine period have received a clean bill of health and were cleared by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to leave the Institutional Quarantine Facilities this week.The returnees and exempted…
More awareness for Choiseul Province
Choiseul Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) has successfully coordinated another round of community awareness carried out by their working sector committees.The team supported by the Choiseul provincial government comprise of government officers; Police, Customs and Immigration and Health. Their talks…
Wale calls on government not to extend SOE
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale calls on the government not to extend the state of emergency period. The call was made in response to the Prime Minister’s recent statement, revealing the government’s intensions to extend the emergency period…